/kuənʲ/, /kuːnʲ/
OriginFrom Old Irish cúan (“litter of pups or other small animals”).
- femininea litter (of young)
- femininebrood
- femininepack; band, company
- masculinevocative/genitive singular of cuan (“haven; harbour; place of refuge; bow, curve; bowed, stooped, person”)
Formscuaine(genitive, singular) · cuaineanna(nominative, plural) · cuain(indefinite, nominative, singular) · cuaineanna(indefinite, nominative, plural) · a chuain(indefinite, singular, vocative) · a chuaineanna(indefinite, plural, vocative) · cuaine(genitive, indefinite, singular) · cuaineanna(genitive, indefinite, plural) · cuain(dative, indefinite, singular) · cuaineanna(dative, indefinite, plural) · an chuain(definite, nominative, singular) · na cuaineanna(definite, nominative, plural) · na cuaine(definite, genitive, singular) · na gcuaineanna(definite, genitive, plural) · leis an gcuain(dative, definite, singular) · don chuain(dative, definite, singular) · leis na cuaineanna(dative, definite, plural) · cuan(alternative) · cuain(error-unrecognized-form) · chuain(error-unrecognized-form)
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